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devez-vibe@1.9.27
Stable terminal UI for Codex and Claude Agent SDK
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiPostinstall unconditionally plants this package's own skills on the broad Codex and Claude user skill surfaces and may pip-install search dependencies. That is first-party agent-extension setup rather than a hidden foreign hijack, because the skills match the published product and the installer shows no credential export or remote code fetch.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
npm postinstall after installing devez-vibe.
Impact
Codex and Claude can load these package-authored skills on later agent runs without a separate install command. The user environment may also gain curl_cffi, beautifulsoup4, pyyaml, pypdf, and markdownify.
Mechanism
install-skills.mjs copies both bundled skill trees into Codex and Claude skill folders derived from CODEX_HOME, CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR, or the user home directory, then prunes extras. prepare-search-deps.mjs runs pip install --user when Python 3 exists and the import guard fails.
AI rationale
Postinstall unconditionally plants this package's own skills on the broad Codex and Claude user skill surfaces and may pip-install search dependencies. That is first-party agent-extension setup rather than a hidden foreign hijack, because the skills match the published product and the installer shows no credential export or remote code fetch.
Evidence
package.jsoninstall-skills.mjsprepare-search-deps.mjs.codex/skills/luna-loop.codex/skills/insane-search.claude/skills/luna-loop.claude/skills/insane-search
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 80.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- npm postinstall runs install-skills.mjs and prepare-search-deps.mjs with no consent prompt.
- install-skills copies the bundled luna-loop and insane-search trees into the Codex and Claude user skill directories.
- That copy overwrites each skill folder, deletes files the bundle no longer contains, and writes a bundled marker so both agents load these skills.
- When Python 3 is present, postinstall may pip-install curl_cffi and related packages into the current user environment.
Evidence against
- The written skills are this package's own search and review workflows, not a hidden third-party payload.
- The installer does not read credentials or send them to a network endpoint.
- The package does not depend on another release of itself, and the installer is not obfuscated.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystem
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
8 flagged · loading sourcepackage.jsonView file
•scripts.postinstall = node install-skills.mjs && node prepare-search-deps.mjs
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkg•scripts.postinstall = node install-skills.mjs && node prepare-search-deps.mjs
Medium
Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.
package.jsonView on unpkginstall-skills.mjsView file
1import {
L2: copyFileSync,
L3: existsSync,
L4: mkdirSync,
L5: readdirSync,
L6: rmSync,
L7: writeFileSync,
L8: } from "node:fs";
...
L16: const userHome = homedir();
L17: const codexHome = process.env.CODEX_HOME?.trim() || join(userHome, ".codex");
L18: const claudeHome = process.env.CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR?.trim() || join(userHome, ".claude");
L19:
Critical
Ai Agent Control Hijack
Source creates an unconsented AI-agent control surface through install-time mutation or a default unauthenticated remote skill channel.
Findings
1 Critical4 High5 Medium4 Low
CriticalAi Agent Control Hijackinstall-skills.mjs
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighPayload In Excluded Dirskills/insane-search/tests/live_benchmark/bench.py
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritybin/dvz.js
HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltabridge/claude-agent-sdk-bridge.mjs
MediumAmbiguous Install Lifecycle Scriptpackage.json
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Native Binarybin/dvz.exe
MediumShips Build Helperskills/insane-search/tests/live_benchmark/bench.py
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to devez-vibe@1.9.27.
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